exercise

A very meaningful relationship

The exercise group at Foothills Mennonite Church. (Photo courtesy of June Miller)

In the fall of 2015, members of the neighbourhood community association asked if they could use our lower auditorium at Foothills Mennonite Church here in Calgary for a group of seniors for an exercise program.

Kate Janzen was the church's outreach trustee at the time, and she helped facilitate the request. Two University of Calgary students volunteered to be in the instructors. Rudy Wiens and I, members at Foothills, volunteered to set up the chairs, make coffee and clean up for the weekly morning session.

Church workout

Wendy Dueck and Rosanna Kwan engage in full-body exercises. (Photo by Megan Klassen-Wiebe)

A ladder made of masking tape sticks to the floor of the foyer of Charleswood Mennonite Church in Winnipeg. It’s not a typical sight in a worship space. Yet every Tuesday and Friday morning, a path is cleared through the chairs in the sanctuary, and a small group of seniors ranging from their 60s to their 90s gathers at the church to exercise.

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